Parasitic Isopod

Elthusa californica

Parasitic on fish; ~1.2cm bl

Isopoda: Cymothoidae

Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 11/15/08.

Identified by Richard C. Brusca, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.

© Peter J. Bryant

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